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West Indies in trouble in first Test against Pakistan SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Feb 2 (AFP) - The dismissal of captain Carl Hooper in the last over before tea left the West Indies in a deep hole on the third day of the first Test against Pakistan here on Saturday. Hooper appeared to be lifting his team out of the woods with a polished 56 when he was trapped leg-before by seamer Abdur Razzaq five deliveries before the tea break. Tea was taken immediately at Hooper's dismissal with the West Indies on 231-5, still needing 63 to avoid the follow-on with five wickets in hand. Seasoned left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul was unbeaten on 13, having added 51 for the fifth wicket with Hooper. Hooper was the third West Indian batsman to fall after settling in well, following the dismissal of Wavell Hinds (59) and Chris Gayle (68) earlier in the day. Hinds was the other batsman to go in the post-lunch session, stumped off a Danish Kaneria googly while trying to hit the ball out of the ground. Earlier, off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq grabbed two wickets in six balls to leave the West Indies struggling at 130-3 at lunch. West Indian openers Daren Ganga and Gayle had cruised from their overnight score of 54-0 to 88 when Saqlain struck in his ninth and 10th overs of the morning. He trapped Ganga leg-before for 20 with a delivery that turned sharply from outside the off-stump and caught the batsman on his back foot. In his next over, Saqlain forced Gayle to play over a straight ball that shattered the stumps and reduced the West Indies to 96-2. Left-handed Gayle, who was dropped by Shoaib Akhtar just before close on Friday, hit 68 with the help of 13 boundaries. Sherwin Campbell, recalled to the West Indian team after two years, failed to settle in after being removed from the opener's slot for the first time in his 92-innings career. Sent in at number three, Campbell struggled for an hour to make six when he was given out leg-before by English umpire George Sharp off Kaneria. Sharp ruled Campbell out even though Kaneria's googly hit the batsman high on the left pad. |
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